TENT - tudor tents.

[Stephen Wyley]

Hi Cherie,

> Thank you I was thinking that  for set up the wheel supports would be harder
> to use. I have hear so many times that the wheel deign was the periord way.
> I don't like to use hoops. the side walls and the roof edge on the really
> large rounds just don't seem to have as nice of an edge or squared shape. Do
> you have documentations on the frame work of tents.

In my humble opinion, the only tents which had any frame work other 
than the main poles were: Viking tents, Saxon Getalds and Yurts.

> I have a lot of tents of medieval pictures but few shows the inside of the
> frame work. With the exception of the center poles, so many tent makers have
> sworn the wheel frame is the best.

I don't know why there is no evidence and its more work for them.

The evidence I have seen tent makers use is from the Battle of 
Grandson. The bell tent walls are very angular which has suggested 
internal supports but is more likely to be wider than usual panels.

See 1513 A.D. (Anon., ‘The Battle of Grandson’) 
http://www.geocities.com/svenskildbiter/Tents/16thcentury/1513-1.html

Other supporting evidence some tent makers use is that some ms don't 
show guy ropes and therefore there must be some form of internal 
support structures. All evidence, be it ms illuminations or period 
descriptions is effected by artistic licence and must be taken with a 
grain of salt. An artist may not have included guy ropes because they 
were too difficult to include in the picture or it spoiled the 
depiction of the surrounding scene.

Loyset Lyedet, an illuminator of the 15th century varied between depiction and
non-depiction of guy ropes.

See Hortoire du Grand Alexandre, 
http://www.geocities.com/svenskildbiter/Tents/15thcentury/1450-1490-1.html

Also see  Jean Froissart Chronicles, 
http://www.geocities.com/svenskildbiter/Tents/15thcentury/15thc-7.html

Thank you for your help!

Your welcome.

Also thank you for jioning the list. Marguerite

Your welcome again. I was looking for just such a forum.

 
Bye for now,

Stephen Francis Wyley
stephenw-hrt at nmit.vic.edu.au
Technical Officer
(Plant Tissue Culture, Chemistry and Soil Science)
Conservation and Applied Science Department, NMIT

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